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Zille Posts New Video at Derelict Pool as Joburg Officials Dispute Pothole Claim

City officials reject the pothole label, citing a Joburg Water reinstatement.

Overview

  • Helen Zille released a second clip from the long-neglected Windsor West municipal pool to highlight service failures in Johannesburg.
  • City leaders said her earlier swim was not in a pothole but in a water-filled trench left after Joburg Water repaired a burst pipe, known as a reinstatement.
  • Mayor Dada Morero criticized the stunt as unsafe and warned it could encourage children to enter hazardous worksites.
  • City spokesperson Nthathisi Modingoane said the Community Development Department is engaging private partners to revive the Windsor West facility.
  • Roads MMC Kenny Kunene said Johannesburg Water owes the Roads Agency hundreds of millions of rand for road reinstatements, underscoring a long-running cost dispute.